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romney. that film, let's talk about the film. >> yeah. >> so moving. i love this guy. it was set up with a personal anecdotes, set up with a film, and my god, they're making the sell. and then it went a little off. he started talking to chairs. >> they put together a three-day convention as well done as it was, you have to give them more credit because they had to truncate it because of the storm and i thought the sequencing last night with the exception of eastwood was incredibly well done. film was great, some of the testimonials from people who knew governor romney. the strongest part of his speech when he talked about what happened with his relationship with his family, parents and with his sons. the eastwood thing was the exception. but it was a big exceptionp. it pushed governor's romney's speech later, broke the momentum from the film to senator rubio. clint eastwood endorsed romney somewhat out of blue in idaho. at that event people said he gave a great talk and their assumption was h
romney. that film, let's talk about the film. >> yeah. >> so moving. i love this guy. it was set up with a personal anecdotes, set up with a film, and my god, they're making the sell. and then it went a little off. he started talking to chairs. >> they put together a three-day convention as well done as it was, you have to give them more credit because they had to truncate it because of the storm and i thought the sequencing last night with the exception of eastwood was...
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romney, it's not -- of course it's not insurmountable, but the pressure's on romney to win. >> so romney has a challenge on his hands for sure. mark halperin, leading into the debates, how, then, do you coax, cajole information out of these candidates given the scenario that chuck just laid out that actually gives you something that you can make a decision on as a voter? >> well, i think the big question for romney is performance. look at what he did on "60 minutes." he talked on the plane last night to his press corps. he's still giving the same kinds of answers, the same specificity and lack of specificity, the same failure to drive a message to put the president on the defensive. if you're a candidate behind and you have that long "60 minutes" interview where you make the choice to talk to your press corps, you've got to drive something that dominates the news rather than the same old questions about low level of performance, same questions about lack of specificity, same questions about why are you behind in all the battleground states? i don't think he did that in either of those tw
romney, it's not -- of course it's not insurmountable, but the pressure's on romney to win. >> so romney has a challenge on his hands for sure. mark halperin, leading into the debates, how, then, do you coax, cajole information out of these candidates given the scenario that chuck just laid out that actually gives you something that you can make a decision on as a voter? >> well, i think the big question for romney is performance. look at what he did on "60 minutes." he...
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>> mitt romney. >> mitt romney. if mitt romney had kept his mouth shut, if he had not acted like a rank amateur, if he had not embarrassed himself -- and by the way, internally the campaign understands they screwed up, he's moved on, they know that. so no conservatives can say oh, the mainstream media, blah, blah, blah. they know how badly they screwed up, and they were having to fight internally before he even went out and did it. but romney got in the way of the media looking at the president going -- what happened here? how did this happen? now, those questions are going to be asked in the coming weeks, but they weren't asked in the first 24 hours because romney was holding this horrific, irresponsible press conference. >> it's significant and important, what mitt romney said. if he wants to be the commander in chief, if he wants to be president, we should know how he would conduct himself on the world stage. we should know what he would have done, not just his critique of president obama but how he would have ha
>> mitt romney. >> mitt romney. if mitt romney had kept his mouth shut, if he had not acted like a rank amateur, if he had not embarrassed himself -- and by the way, internally the campaign understands they screwed up, he's moved on, they know that. so no conservatives can say oh, the mainstream media, blah, blah, blah. they know how badly they screwed up, and they were having to fight internally before he even went out and did it. but romney got in the way of the media looking at...
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how much of this -- falls on romney? >> falls on romney. but the other difference is that unlike the kerry campaign in 2004, nothing's gonna happen this time. stuart stevens is gonna stay in charge, things are going to keep on going along this track. they are trying to folk count economy. but i'm a little bit wary of that everybody says the economy is so ter tin and we focus on jobs figures. you think about the way an average person thinks about the economy what do they think about? they think about my job and not going so well, haven't got the raise i want. my house, my values are coming back up and my 401(k) is booming. >> only one out of three americans think america is going to the right direction, a right track/wrong track that would bury any incumbent. >> that was the biggest bump the last ten days and single most important thing that happened is it went from a third to 40%, right? that's what we showed in our state polls. >> especially the swing states. >> national poll, ohio, florida. >> that's right. so i think that is something th
how much of this -- falls on romney? >> falls on romney. but the other difference is that unlike the kerry campaign in 2004, nothing's gonna happen this time. stuart stevens is gonna stay in charge, things are going to keep on going along this track. they are trying to folk count economy. but i'm a little bit wary of that everybody says the economy is so ter tin and we focus on jobs figures. you think about the way an average person thinks about the economy what do they think about? they...
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it is about romney's mistakes and that gives romney power over the quality of his campaign. if he goes into the debates and fill in some of the specifics about how exactly he would make the next four years better than barack obama will make the next four years, he has a platform there. he has millions of viewers watching that debate. and if he can sound convincing on the thing that is his strong point, i will improve the economy, i will create economic growth, and i will provide more jobs for the american people, and here is how i'm intending to do it, as opposed to someone who had four years trying and hasn't managed to do it yet, then maybe he has a chance to get positive focus back on his campaign. >> mike barnicle, look at these numbers that we've gone through today. fox news poll showing down in ohio by seven. romney down in virginia by seven. down in florida by five down in michigan by eight. down in wisconsin by 14 points. time is running out. if he's going to turn things around, it better happen soon. >> numbers are brutal. no doubt about it. being behind in those ke
it is about romney's mistakes and that gives romney power over the quality of his campaign. if he goes into the debates and fill in some of the specifics about how exactly he would make the next four years better than barack obama will make the next four years, he has a platform there. he has millions of viewers watching that debate. and if he can sound convincing on the thing that is his strong point, i will improve the economy, i will create economic growth, and i will provide more jobs for...
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make romney his puppet? >> oh, yeah. romney has said he's on the record that he's going to farm out, you know, america's middle east policy to netanyahu. this is really irresponsible. by the way, romney has time and again in this campaign misrepresented the president's position on the middle east, the same way that bibi can did. romney said obama's position is a return to the 1967 borders period. >> pure lie. >> the president's position is a return to the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps which have been the position of the american presidency since richard nixon. and so what's happening here is incredibly brazen. and by the way -- >> let me ask the question again. i agree with what you're saying and i'm the fartherest thing from a hawk. but the risk reward analysis you look at, going on a 2% possibility that we will wake up 7 1/2 months from now and all of a sudden it will be official, there is a nuclear weapon, what does that do to the universe? let just play it out that there's a small pos
make romney his puppet? >> oh, yeah. romney has said he's on the record that he's going to farm out, you know, america's middle east policy to netanyahu. this is really irresponsible. by the way, romney has time and again in this campaign misrepresented the president's position on the middle east, the same way that bibi can did. romney said obama's position is a return to the 1967 borders period. >> pure lie. >> the president's position is a return to the 1967 borders with...
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mitt romney's got to listen. who does mitt romney trust? you've been following this guy for five, six years, who can go to mitt romney and say, mitt, i love you, you're one of the greatest businessmen of our generation, you created something new in venture capital, you turned businesses around, you know what? a lawyer who has himself as a client is a fool or whatever they say. mitt, you can save others, but you can't save yourself, mitt. who is that one person who can go to him and say you've got to clean out your staff. you're losing and you're going to lose this campaign. >> bob white. >> bob white. >> his former business partner, and the guy who has been -- i've often said romney only has a few close true friends, bob white, former business partner of his now on the outside, very rich man, very close to the campaign, was one of the people who has been at various points in the campaign has been a slightly outside, he's not outside, he's in the inner circle, but he's not on the staff who sometimes goes to romney and tells him uncomfortable
mitt romney's got to listen. who does mitt romney trust? you've been following this guy for five, six years, who can go to mitt romney and say, mitt, i love you, you're one of the greatest businessmen of our generation, you created something new in venture capital, you turned businesses around, you know what? a lawyer who has himself as a client is a fool or whatever they say. mitt, you can save others, but you can't save yourself, mitt. who is that one person who can go to him and say you've...
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then you've got romney over here. the beautiful thing to me is a centrist nonpolitical guy is now we know -- >> that wears british flags in his pocket. >> i just wanted to show that i can also be sophisticated. >> oh, lord. >> the point is this. we now know what the election is about. all right? this has been a demarcation line. there's no more questions. there's no more let's get here. it's this or this. what direction do you want to go in? that's it. it's a very clear choice. >> what is this when it comes to mitt romney? what have we learned over the past two weeks. give me one sentence that encapsulates this. >> 107 million people receiving some form of government entitlement. >> food stamps -- >> that includes me. i am -- i received the mortgage interest tax deduction. i am a subsidized american. thank you, federal government. >> i agree with you 100%, and this goes back to what donny says. if the romney people knew how to work this, if romney knew how to work with this, it's a huge issue, especially after the pas
then you've got romney over here. the beautiful thing to me is a centrist nonpolitical guy is now we know -- >> that wears british flags in his pocket. >> i just wanted to show that i can also be sophisticated. >> oh, lord. >> the point is this. we now know what the election is about. all right? this has been a demarcation line. there's no more questions. there's no more let's get here. it's this or this. what direction do you want to go in? that's it. it's a very clear...
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i mean, hit romney is in trouble. you said what i felt on saturday night, after reading this politico article and a lot of other articles, that this is a moment where you can look back and say, all right, you know what? they had to change paths at this point, or else they couldn't have won. and i think we are there. after the conventions on labor day, after labor day, they have to start being aggressive, and they have to start being specific, and they have to start telling americans where they're going to take this country. they're going to have to jolt people with facts. and i brought up two great points. i thought two great leaders, i mean. one, margaret thatcher in 1975. margaret thatcher had more of a chance of becoming conservative leader in great britain in 1975 and eventually becoming prime minister than i would have moving to berkeley and being named the president of the free speech society. i'm dead serious. you went to britain in '79, '80, '81. you were over there then. nobody expected margaret thatcher to b
i mean, hit romney is in trouble. you said what i felt on saturday night, after reading this politico article and a lot of other articles, that this is a moment where you can look back and say, all right, you know what? they had to change paths at this point, or else they couldn't have won. and i think we are there. after the conventions on labor day, after labor day, they have to start being aggressive, and they have to start being specific, and they have to start telling americans where...
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clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap, eight percentage points or other polls that show it closer. but it looks like if you listen to chuck, he's dead right. can barack obama run up a big enough lead with women, and with hispanics? if he does, he wins. if he doesn't, he loses, right? >> no question, those are the two important constituencies, as well as whether or not they can get young people out. young people, who overwhelmingly for obama are down in enthusiasm. by the way, it is clear that if gene robinson were on the ballot, he would be doing better with women. >> are you kidd
clearly, romney caught up. i think obama did a lot in the last debate to blunt whatever momentum that created. but here we are. >> i'm looking out the window, john harwood, women for mitt. and she is very excited, yes, yes, i see, hello, jumping up and down. and as you look at the polls here, there is a pronounced gender back, president obama leads romney by 15 points. but we have seen different polls -- >> that's in ohio. "wall street journal" poll shows a tightening gap,...
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romney not only doesn't scare them, they can relate to romney. >> here's how mitt romney says he'll stack up against obama. he talked about the general election last night in his victory speech. >> this election is a choice between two very different destinies. president obama wants to fundamentally transform america. we want to restore america to the founding principles that made this country great. this president puts hiss faith in government, we put our faith in the american people. this president has enacted job killing legislations, i'll repeal it. when it comes to the economy, my highest priority as president will be worrying about your job, not about saving my own. he doesn't see the need for overwhelming military superiority. he apologizes for america and i will never apologize for the greatest nation in the history of the earth. >> chris, is that what you were talking about, a return for normalcy? >> you got to be so careful about anthropology and how you look at things. if you're raised as a mormon for example, this country is essentially unique, this is a country that you don't
romney not only doesn't scare them, they can relate to romney. >> here's how mitt romney says he'll stack up against obama. he talked about the general election last night in his victory speech. >> this election is a choice between two very different destinies. president obama wants to fundamentally transform america. we want to restore america to the founding principles that made this country great. this president puts hiss faith in government, we put our faith in the american...
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but to characterize romney as unconcerned about romney or to say that mitt romney is insensitive or he's trapped in some time warp, the story he told about beth meyers needed to get home to her kids does not mean that he doesn't understand that women have -- different women have different workplace needs. it should be a spirited debate about what his positions are. but to talk about the details of what he said in particular in the debate and to have that characterize everything he thinks about women, it's just not right for the country. and again, i say it whether it was a republican or a democrat. i'd say the same thing on the other side when they make a big deal about things the president has said that they take out of context or they blow up. this is, as steve said, this is the whole election now is trying to appeal to women voters to some extent. >> let me just say, mark halperin, we have a reason to feel really good here, and i'll tell you why because alex tells me that e-mails are flooding in right now. mika, you're about to get yours. alex, i understand the e-mails are flooding in
but to characterize romney as unconcerned about romney or to say that mitt romney is insensitive or he's trapped in some time warp, the story he told about beth meyers needed to get home to her kids does not mean that he doesn't understand that women have -- different women have different workplace needs. it should be a spirited debate about what his positions are. but to talk about the details of what he said in particular in the debate and to have that characterize everything he thinks about...
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you couldn't vote for mitt romney and romney was going to have a ceiling. the first debate had such an impact on making romney seem like an acceptable choice and also now has changed the balance in the electoral college. if governor romney is able to win three southern states, florida, virginia, and ohio. look at all of that red, that gets him to 266, if he can take ohio, and i talked to two democrats yesterday who think it's possible that the president's position in ohio will erode to such an extent he could lose it. 266 means all governor romney would need to do was win one of the five toss-ups in yellow. and that's a huge change. that map gives governor romney the electoral college advantage that the president has long enjoyed. >> we should be clear you're not calling ohio right now. >> no, not at all. >> this is a scenario. >> but i was struck yesterday at how some democrats now believe what had been a clear advantage in ohio for a long time is now something that is eroded. governor romney, if he's an acceptable choice not just nationally, but in ohio,
you couldn't vote for mitt romney and romney was going to have a ceiling. the first debate had such an impact on making romney seem like an acceptable choice and also now has changed the balance in the electoral college. if governor romney is able to win three southern states, florida, virginia, and ohio. look at all of that red, that gets him to 266, if he can take ohio, and i talked to two democrats yesterday who think it's possible that the president's position in ohio will erode to such an...
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maybe this is the tagg romney turn-around in the romney campaign. >> that's good. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> go ahead and finish up, jim. >> just observing that you mentioned earlier that you see the economy improve. we are back to only the second worst year for foreclosures in the past 17 years, so, yes we are better than we were in 2011. i don't know if this is necessarily where you want to be. i think the argument that 7.8% unemployment -- i'm not jumping into any jack welch conspiracy theories or anything. i don't know if we should dance a jig over 8% unemployment. >> we're not. >> you can look at gas prices close to $4 a gallon. apparently they jumped another 20 cents in california. this is not that great of an economy. >> nobody is playing "happy days are here again." >> as you play the majs of mitt romney. he has the white sid burns. does he color his hair? i'm being sear. if he does, can we trust the guy? i'm sorry. why hasn't anyone asked that question? >> don't go to me on this. >> i have people ask me every day, why do you have donny cot the on the air? >> do you wan
maybe this is the tagg romney turn-around in the romney campaign. >> that's good. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> go ahead and finish up, jim. >> just observing that you mentioned earlier that you see the economy improve. we are back to only the second worst year for foreclosures in the past 17 years, so, yes we are better than we were in 2011. i don't know if this is necessarily where you want to be. i think the argument that 7.8% unemployment -- i'm not jumping into any...
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is the romney that he has to be going forward because if he goes back to being the old romney, the romney that was like self-emulating over the course of the last three months, this will all be wasted. but if he brings that romney for the next two weeks, it will be a different campaign. >> i think he will, mike. >> if you watch mitt romney over 20 years, what you saw last night was mitt romney. you cannot run for president, as he has done for the last 18 months, pretending to be something you're not. >> yeah. >> you just can't do it. it catches up to you. it caught up to him multiple times with self-inflicted wounds. last night, that's mitt romney. >> yeah. >> a planner, an executer, a business guy, semiboring but human. >> and a moderate. >> joe klein -- >> and a moderate. >> and a moderate. >> speaking of which, joe klein, let's go back to 1987 and 1988. i say this all the time. but george h.w. bush. a man revered by almost all now. in '87 and '88 was seen as a joke. a guy who would go out on the campaign trail, look goofy because he was trying to be something that he wasn't. when georg
is the romney that he has to be going forward because if he goes back to being the old romney, the romney that was like self-emulating over the course of the last three months, this will all be wasted. but if he brings that romney for the next two weeks, it will be a different campaign. >> i think he will, mike. >> if you watch mitt romney over 20 years, what you saw last night was mitt romney. you cannot run for president, as he has done for the last 18 months, pretending to be...
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pictures of mitt romney. it's obama, it's all -- >> it's -- >> it's obama make the case. >> this is what i believe. >> all of the key phrases to drive, balancing the debt in a responsible way, economy built to last, all of the things that -- and then forward at the end. and the ad's called the choice, which is exactly how they want to frame the whole election. i don't know whether the ad will work or not, but it's a -- i think it's an ad that you'll look back on as having been an important ad in the election because it sums up where they want to be and has a change of tone. >> a great change of tonight. he's so good in that pocket, in that tone and also i loved, just as an observer what he said at the end, something about the smallness of these campaigns, that these campaigns can be small. >> politics can be very small but this is a big choice. >> right, politics can be very small but this is a big choice. he also or his people are also giving him lines that feed into what you were talking about, the seinfeld
pictures of mitt romney. it's obama, it's all -- >> it's -- >> it's obama make the case. >> this is what i believe. >> all of the key phrases to drive, balancing the debt in a responsible way, economy built to last, all of the things that -- and then forward at the end. and the ad's called the choice, which is exactly how they want to frame the whole election. i don't know whether the ad will work or not, but it's a -- i think it's an ad that you'll look back on as...
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let romney be romney. find out who this guy is without the teleprompter internally in the campaign a lot of people obviously know who he is but one of the things he has to do, it would seem not just to me, i think to a lot of people, he's got to define himself for the american public. he's been going back and forth in the primaries now for several months with santorum and gingrich and all of those people in the republican primary. he's got to define himself and define a program that he stands behind, he stands for. something he hasn't done effectively yet. >> on that style question i go back to what mike murphy said sitting in this chair two or three weeks ago. a guy who worked on mitt romney's campaign in massachusetts said "we never got cute because it doesn't work with him." didn't try to put him in jeans. we we put him in suit and tie, a successful businessman who can fix the economy and that's it. >> you get into the drudgery of this campaign and you got to be comfortable in your own skin. that's why
let romney be romney. find out who this guy is without the teleprompter internally in the campaign a lot of people obviously know who he is but one of the things he has to do, it would seem not just to me, i think to a lot of people, he's got to define himself for the american public. he's been going back and forth in the primaries now for several months with santorum and gingrich and all of those people in the republican primary. he's got to define himself and define a program that he stands...
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until we see erosion in romney's numbers -- this is bad for romney. a lot of the things they're trying to burn in are really damaging and we don't yet whether the impact is there or not. >> let me just ask you again because it was only a month ago we sat here and we said bain is a losing argument. bill clinton went on television and said what he did at bain, that's good work. it seemed like the obama campaign had gotten away from it a little bit and gone on to mitt romney's role as governor, something he didn't want to talk about in massachusetts. what made them get back to it? >> i think they saw indications in swing states that it was working, was having an impact. this tax debate is interesting. you remember that he held hit line about a month before he finally broke from the pressure and the problem was that he hadn't paid any taxes and he dropped 20 points. >> and this tax thing is really something. he's been steadfast but not refusing more than the one year you plus the one year that's coming. i personally don't see hough he's going to withstand
until we see erosion in romney's numbers -- this is bad for romney. a lot of the things they're trying to burn in are really damaging and we don't yet whether the impact is there or not. >> let me just ask you again because it was only a month ago we sat here and we said bain is a losing argument. bill clinton went on television and said what he did at bain, that's good work. it seemed like the obama campaign had gotten away from it a little bit and gone on to mitt romney's role as...
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the romney campaign would like as much coverage of ann romney as possible. if they get broadcast coverage she'll stay monday. if they don't it's possible she would move to tuesday. at this hour in flux while they wait and see what kind of television situation they're going to have on monday night. >> they have a'proechd the broadcast networks and ask them to kofrp monday. >> an ongoing dialog and expressed unhappiness about it. in the old days gavel-to-gavel coverage on the broadcast networks and easy to program what you wanted and get coverage. there's been a transition. part is the cable networks do pretty well on those nights. no broadcast coverage you'll see a big audience on cable. don't know if it's the number of eyeballs, demographics, more undecided voters watching broadcast than cable or the symbolism of it. kind of an insult and, you know, not the symbolism you want to have ann romney's speech not be on broadcast television. my guess if they don't get one or two of the broadcast networks on monday based on what they're saying she will move to tuesd
the romney campaign would like as much coverage of ann romney as possible. if they get broadcast coverage she'll stay monday. if they don't it's possible she would move to tuesday. at this hour in flux while they wait and see what kind of television situation they're going to have on monday night. >> they have a'proechd the broadcast networks and ask them to kofrp monday. >> an ongoing dialog and expressed unhappiness about it. in the old days gavel-to-gavel coverage on the...
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goes on tv, i was back to back with romney on schieffer this weekend and romney talked to 15 minutes and didn't say anything. he's stuck. he can't say anything reasonable on immigration because he'll turn off the far right of his party, which controls the party. so he can't agree with obama and he can't say anything outrageous because then he's really put himself in the hole with hispanic voters. i think this is going to be a really interesting campaign, a guy who is running on attacking the president without any specifics of his own. that's what his game plan is now and i think at the end of the day it doesn't work. >> what governor dean points out and catherine cryer points out, how do you go about suppressing the vote? >> what the obama campaign is worried about is they go into the hispanic community, they attack obama from the left for being pro deportation, attack him from the center for being bad on the economy and not doing anything about the foreclosure crisis, which has really hurt hispanic communities in florida, nevada, new mexico, arizona and then you attack him from the
goes on tv, i was back to back with romney on schieffer this weekend and romney talked to 15 minutes and didn't say anything. he's stuck. he can't say anything reasonable on immigration because he'll turn off the far right of his party, which controls the party. so he can't agree with obama and he can't say anything outrageous because then he's really put himself in the hole with hispanic voters. i think this is going to be a really interesting campaign, a guy who is running on attacking the...
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maybe this is the real romney? not the poll-tested romney. but you know, he was singing "america the beautiful" and doing a lot of things. listen to this clip of mitt romney. i think it's one of the more compelling segments of a speech he's given the entire year. take a listen. >> my father never graduated from college, he apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter, and he's pretty good at it. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and then spit them out pointy end forward. on his honeymoon, he put paint in the trunk of his car and sold it along the way to pay for gas and hotels. there were reasons he could've given up and set his sights a lot lower. but he believed in america, and the america he believed in, a lath and plaster guy could become head of a car company and the guy who sold aluminum paint out of his car could end up being governor in one of the states he sold that aluminum paint. in dad's america, small businesses, entrepreneurs, these were encouraged and respected. the spirit of enterprise and innovation and
maybe this is the real romney? not the poll-tested romney. but you know, he was singing "america the beautiful" and doing a lot of things. listen to this clip of mitt romney. i think it's one of the more compelling segments of a speech he's given the entire year. take a listen. >> my father never graduated from college, he apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter, and he's pretty good at it. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and then spit them out...
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ann romney had the stories to tell. mitt romney had the stories the tell. they just -- i don't think they were produced well. >> yes. >> he was listening to the folks in our ear. we're running out of time. >> they're yelling go to break. are you listening to that? >> that's like elevator music time. >> i'm looking forward to tonight, you're talking about high level democrats, and he said what does the president have to do? i think bill clinton will help him out tonight. i think there's emphasis on bill clinton delivering and putting more description to fortify the republican republicans. they would rather watch the nfl on nbc. >> more fun to watch the audience loving bill clinton or bill clinton loving himself being on stage. i'm serious. he's going to be like look at me, i'm the father bear. it's good, i love you. thank you, chuck. >> that's sunday morning, that's like sunday school. >> thanks a lot, chuck. >> we'll see you a few minutes on the daily rundown. a lot more still ahead live from sharl charlotte, arianna huffington is here. "morning joe" is bac
ann romney had the stories to tell. mitt romney had the stories the tell. they just -- i don't think they were produced well. >> yes. >> he was listening to the folks in our ear. we're running out of time. >> they're yelling go to break. are you listening to that? >> that's like elevator music time. >> i'm looking forward to tonight, you're talking about high level democrats, and he said what does the president have to do? i think bill clinton will help him out...
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but mitt romney wins in the south. they split nevada and colorado, which i think a lot of people think's going to happen. and somehow mitt romney wins ohio and new hampshire. he's then at 268. the romney people think -- and we talked to some maine guys last night -- think that romney wins the second district. and that locks it at 269-269. does new hampshire matter? yeah. new hampshire matters. that's why the president's going to be up there. >> we'll be there, too. >>> coming up this morning, chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory, presidential historian douglas brinkley and "the washington post's" eugene washington. is president obama losing his edge among women? that's one of the stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with the latest on hurricane sandy. >> good morning. if you want to know the latest on sandy, the trend was a little further to the south, a little more impact for areas like virginia, delaware and maryland and maybe a little less impact in northern new england. first th
but mitt romney wins in the south. they split nevada and colorado, which i think a lot of people think's going to happen. and somehow mitt romney wins ohio and new hampshire. he's then at 268. the romney people think -- and we talked to some maine guys last night -- think that romney wins the second district. and that locks it at 269-269. does new hampshire matter? yeah. new hampshire matters. that's why the president's going to be up there. >> we'll be there, too. >>> coming up...
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voters romney won 41% to 36%. romney is still struggling with the conservative wing of his party. 41% believe mitt romney is not conservative enough to be the republican nominee for president and 38% would still like to see someone else get into the race. let's go back to south carolina, joe, where you predicted what happened here, even when everyone thought the surge might continue, spread to florida, you predicted mitt romney would win easily. how would you know? >> because i have lived in florida since 1978, and you see all of these elections, these statewide elections come and go and you realize there's no way for momentum alone or a speech here or a town hall meeting there to carry somebody over the top. the candidates that win unfortunately, it is a soulness political state when it comes to tv advertising, are those that run the most negative 30-second ads. in florida i grew up just seeing one negative 30-second ad after another. unfortunately some politicians have overlearned this lesson, rick scott still p
voters romney won 41% to 36%. romney is still struggling with the conservative wing of his party. 41% believe mitt romney is not conservative enough to be the republican nominee for president and 38% would still like to see someone else get into the race. let's go back to south carolina, joe, where you predicted what happened here, even when everyone thought the surge might continue, spread to florida, you predicted mitt romney would win easily. how would you know? >> because i have lived...
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that romney video, the people talking about mitt romney. unbelievable. >> just poorly produced. >> it was the one time that i actually felt some kind of connection to this guy. >> he's a good guy. >> and i thought that maybe the enthusiasm lacking in tampa from day one, maybe something would have been ginned up. when i got here to charlotte, i was like everyone else, the base is demoralized, not into this guy anymore and president obama anymore. that night, i was having dinner in the hotel. women came up to me, hi, i love "morning joe," so, are you a delegate? she said, no, i'm here for the first time as a major donor. in 2008, all i did was volunteer and knock on doors, but my circumstances changed and now i was able to give and i'm so excited. from that moment on, i thought this is going to be a different convention. there's no enthusiasm in charlotte. >> what about the tampa vendors selling romney pair? >> there is a deep connection, i saw a bus, with a sign, don't disrespect our president. there's a defiance with people in charlotte. wh
that romney video, the people talking about mitt romney. unbelievable. >> just poorly produced. >> it was the one time that i actually felt some kind of connection to this guy. >> he's a good guy. >> and i thought that maybe the enthusiasm lacking in tampa from day one, maybe something would have been ginned up. when i got here to charlotte, i was like everyone else, the base is demoralized, not into this guy anymore and president obama anymore. that night, i was having...
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but when you rap it that way, no. >> didn't romney go on leno? let's not exclude romney for these. he goes on these late-night shows as well. he tries to be culturally significant as well. he just doesn't pull it off as well as obama. >> guys, it's not the issue of doing these things. it's the issue of this guy, who does have this star power, the republicans wrapping and kind of punching at it and going, yeah, he's cool, but maybe we need something different now. so i don't think anybody in its own in each incident on its owned go, what is he doing? but that is the beauty or the sadness of what you can do with 30 seconds. >> is it safer to do this when the economy is doing well? i know we are picking it, apart and i know it drives some intelligent people out there crazy, but as you know, john, 30-second ads like this move voters, swift vets moved voters in '04. the dukakis tank ad moved voters in '88. these ads work. >> look, they are aimed at a very small -- now we are getting into real general election advertising. this is the kind of ad aimed at a very narrow slice of the electo
but when you rap it that way, no. >> didn't romney go on leno? let's not exclude romney for these. he goes on these late-night shows as well. he tries to be culturally significant as well. he just doesn't pull it off as well as obama. >> guys, it's not the issue of doing these things. it's the issue of this guy, who does have this star power, the republicans wrapping and kind of punching at it and going, yeah, he's cool, but maybe we need something different now. so i don't think...
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mitt romney is not a salesman. and i think that may be some source of the discomfort that we've seen on the stump. he's not a salesman. he's a nagragaiter of information. and he's not cautious so much as he is deliberate. that's just who he is. >> you know, he's not steve jobs. he's not a guy who's going to get in front of the audience and say, i'm going to bend the curve and i'm going to create a new reality, which steve jobs and others great ceos do. i would not like to be the guy -- and i'm just guessing from what you're saying here, i would hate to be the guy that would sit in one of his board rooms at bain capital and try bs'ing. he sounds like, give me the information, i'm going to look through it, and your words don't mean anything to him. i want the data, then we'll see where the wind blows. >> not a bad quality. >> not a bad quality. >> he's quantitative. he looks at the number. in a story about bain, he would look over and over, show me the p&l, show me this, show me that. he wanted to be sure. and insofa
mitt romney is not a salesman. and i think that may be some source of the discomfort that we've seen on the stump. he's not a salesman. he's a nagragaiter of information. and he's not cautious so much as he is deliberate. that's just who he is. >> you know, he's not steve jobs. he's not a guy who's going to get in front of the audience and say, i'm going to bend the curve and i'm going to create a new reality, which steve jobs and others great ceos do. i would not like to be the guy --...
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against romney is working? >> in some respects i think the data supports that. in other respects romney is not benefiting from the fact that he's not running positive advertisements. >> is it just ads though? >> introduced himself fully to voters. >> maybe right now just ads because people aren't focused on the campaign, but they see all the 30-second ads that the obama team has run. >> where are the policy speeches? >> right. >> where are either candidate's focusing on specific issues and laying them out, other than that in a campaign rally? where is the serious campaigning? >> there is none. >> we keep saying we're waiting for the debates and the debates are going to be all important i think. but up until now you're not hearing policy prescriptions. which is i think something that the people are hungering for. >> did obama do that four years ago? didn't he have a big speech on religion, a big speech on foreign policy, a big speech on race. i don't know. i -- >> but to your point, mika, those weren't necessari
against romney is working? >> in some respects i think the data supports that. in other respects romney is not benefiting from the fact that he's not running positive advertisements. >> is it just ads though? >> introduced himself fully to voters. >> maybe right now just ads because people aren't focused on the campaign, but they see all the 30-second ads that the obama team has run. >> where are the policy speeches? >> right. >> where are either...
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romney hit 105% of his targets? and does obama hit 90% to 95% of his turnout target? if that happens, then romney may eke this out. but does obama hit 95% to 100% of his turnout target and romney's only at 100% to 105%? well, the obama folks believe they win in that scenario. and that's what's now going on in florida and virginia. >> mark? >> jim rutenberg, governor romney back full-time candidate in florida. the president spending at least today being fema commander in chief. do you think the president's going to stay off campaigning, or do you think he'll go back tomorrow, and does it matter? >> i think he's going to be out campaigning pretty quickly. i think he's in a tricky situation now where he's going to start looking like he's being overtly political and posturing a little bit. i don't think he's there yet, but i think that could come. >> harold ford? >> chuck, back to you for one moment. we showed a poll, mika and joe showed a poll where michigan seems to be tightening where the number -- i made the point 4
romney hit 105% of his targets? and does obama hit 90% to 95% of his turnout target? if that happens, then romney may eke this out. but does obama hit 95% to 100% of his turnout target and romney's only at 100% to 105%? well, the obama folks believe they win in that scenario. and that's what's now going on in florida and virginia. >> mark? >> jim rutenberg, governor romney back full-time candidate in florida. the president spending at least today being fema commander in chief. do...
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the romney -- if mitt romney could, he wouldn't even do campaign events. he would just walk around with a sign with the unemployment rate. he wouldn't say anything. he barely talks about his time -- he was the governor of a state, barely talks about it. doesn't want to talk that much about mitt romney. he wants to talk about unemployment is high, the economy in bad shape an that guy's fault. >> his goal is strange, but it's probably just stay out of the way. not even tear down obama. >> stay out of the way and point at obama. >> exactly. and what the president wants to do and that campaign wants to say, this isn't a thumb's up or thumb's down referendum. if you vote against me you're going to get some other vision and it actually could be much, much worse. i happen to agree with that, right. it could be worse and i think it would be worse under mitt romney, but that is the challenge is framing the election as a choice for referendum -- >> can you think of another election in recent memory, i can't, where the -- it could have been worse argument worked for
the romney -- if mitt romney could, he wouldn't even do campaign events. he would just walk around with a sign with the unemployment rate. he wouldn't say anything. he barely talks about his time -- he was the governor of a state, barely talks about it. doesn't want to talk that much about mitt romney. he wants to talk about unemployment is high, the economy in bad shape an that guy's fault. >> his goal is strange, but it's probably just stay out of the way. not even tear down obama....